The Cincinnati Bengals were impressed by James Harrison during his meetings with the team on Wednesday night and Thursday, NFL.com reported, and ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Sunday that the two sides are working to finalize a deal this week.

Asked if Harrison could help the Bengals, an anonymous Bengals source told NFL.com, "We think so. Really good attitude, really good personality."

Harrison said he was pleased with the trip, during which he met with owner Mike Brown and coach Marvin Lewis. “Had a good visit with Mr. Brown, Coach Lewis and The Cincinnati Bengals Organization,” Harrison tweeted Thursday night.

The report indicated that the team would likely sign Harrison or former Dolphins linebacker Karlos Dansby. The Bengals are looking for a strongside linebacker to go along with middle linebacker Rey Maualuga and weakside linebacker Vontaze Burfict. But the ESPN report stated that the Bengals and Harrison coming to terms was a much more likely scenario than Dansby.

Harrison, 34, is looking for work after parting ways with Pittsburgh, where he made the Pro Bowl five times, put up 64 sacks and collected 29 forced fumbles in nine years.

The Steelers reportedly asked Harrison to take a 30 percent pay cut from the $6.57 million he was scheduled to make in 2013, but he declined and entered the free-agent market. The Ravens initially were interested in Harrison but that disappeared when they signed Elvis Dumervil.

After finding little other interest in the free-agent market, Harrison expressed interest in returning to the Steelers, but they reportedly had decided to move on. With that in mind, he would certainly look forward to two games against Steelers should the Bengals bring him on board.